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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam use to haul the materials to make his fireplace?

2. In "Trouble Begins," where did Sam say he was from when someone in town asked him where he came from?

3. How old was Mrs. Thomas Fielder?

4. What did Sam decide to use to make a fireplace for his home?

5. On what day did Baron Weasel look moldy?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the first week of hunting season, how close did Sam get to a hunter?

2. How does Sam's dad greet him when he comes to see Sam?

3. How did Sam haul the clay he used for his fireplace?

4. How does Sam describe his day in "I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

5. What evidence did Warden Jim Handy find of a wild boy, and why did he think the boy went home?

6. How did Sam make a deer hide jacket?

7. How does Sam's dad react when he first sees Frightful?

8. What preparations does Sam make for Christmas dinner when Bando will come?

9. What was different about the Baron on October 15?

10. How is Sam described by Mrs. Fielder in an article written about a wild boy in the mountains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several articles are written about a wild boy living in the woods near Delhi. Why does Sam worry about the accounts at first, and then he decides not to concern himself with the reports for now?

Essay Topic 2

Sam was lonely at times. How did Sam deal with his loneliness?

Essay Topic 3

Sam obtained a peregrine falcon. How did Sam manage to get a peregrine falcon?

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